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Originally Posted by SpectralJulianIsNotDead

Because even the most seasoned noise fan upon hearing them will say "What the fuck is this shit? This isn't music."

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There is something odd to me about that band, and other bands like them. They seem to be a part of a separate group of alternative music.

I always seem to hear them, At the Drive In, Minus the Bear, The Get Up Kids, Q and Not U, Sparta, Cursive, Tabula Rasa, The Anniversary, etc. grouped together.

I never really got into any of those bands, but a lot of people I know seem to specifically like that group of bands, and when categorizing these bands, they usually attach core onto the end, and if they don't it will often be a recycled name once thrown out to categorize another category of music. Also, they act as if that X band from that group of bands is the defining band of that genre. I've gone to shows where bands influenced by this group have played, and upon seeing the billing and asking "what kind of music do they do?" I am usually met with terms I recognize, like math, post-hardcore, or indie.

Math = screamo with a good drummer and a guitarist who taps a lot and uses a DL-4 for some reason, despite me never noticing it in the music and there being no really dynamics or intricacy to the music.
post-hardcore = screamo where everyone plays power chords, nobody is really talented
indie = see math

In general, whenever I hear someone say that a band is an indie band, I brace myself, because I know they're going to either sound like some Screamo or like Coldplay.

I think it has to do with the emo culture or something.

I was telling my friend about my other friend's band and I used the term post-rock, it isn't a term I like to use to describe bands, but I figured he'd knew what it means. He didn't. So I explained it to him. He said, "well I wouldn't call that post-rock, I'd call that post-Anniversary."

I described Arab on Radar once to him and he said "oh, well you're describing spaz-core."

Why is everything core with these people? Mathcore, metalcore, spazcore, tweecore, emotional hardcore, grindcore.

i never heard of the term tweecore. actually only morons describe stuff like you just mentioned. even though i am guilty of describing mid to late 90's chugga chugga hardcore as metalcore.

all the bands you mentioned hit their prime (if they even had one) between 1999 and 2001. i used to love the get up kids four minute mile record. the anniversary's record i dug for awhile. cursive's domestica was a decent indie record. at the drive in were good, but i probably wouldn't listen to them anymore unless someone else puts them on. q and not u are good. sparta suck(ed) asssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss sssssssss.